"This is my will.
"I inherited from my parents fifteen millions. These fifteen millions I have scrupulously kept intact, in spite of many vicissitudes.
"I possess nothing else.
"After my death these fifteen millions become the property of my heirs and must be made over to them by the executor of my will, to be divided between them.
"I die in the Catholic religion, to which I belong; I wish no post-mortem to be made; I wish to be buried without pomp in the early morning.
"Except my nephew Albert and the members of my household, no person is to follow my remains.
"May God protect Belgium, and may He in His goodness be merciful to me.
"(Sgd.) Leopold.
"Brussels, November 20, 1907."
A great deal has been written about this Will. The statement "I possess nothing" except the declared fifteen millions caused the ink to flow.